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tabular_rasaI did two of the things I wanted to do tonight. I have gotten substantially far on one of the two of my Georgetown essays, and I practiced my violin. You know, if I had more time and it was the only piece I was playing, I could really get this Toccata and Fugue down. It's really not that hard. I love it to death, too ^_^ it's like one of the best songs ever.
I think I just about gave Liz a heart attack saying there were no good books written after 1950. It's just that I don't know about them, and we don't have any in our house, practically, so I don't know about them, because I never LEAVE my house. I have such trouble just wandering the library, too, because the classics and deep novels are buried amongst so many chick flicks and bodice-rippers and random entertainment without much real "literary merit" that it's hard to seek them out. They need to just divide off a "good book" section.
Not that books for entertainment aren't good, but you have to admit, there is a real difference between a book written for a thrilling plot or sweet romance than a book that makes commentary on history or human nature. Some books are summer reading, easily digested and without much layer other than the narration of a story. They're whole, they have all the ingredients, they just don't go deeper than "what happens." They're a plot, with a bit of character. For instance, a lot of teenage novels (ie: The Princess Diaries, those Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging books, Sweet Valley, etc . . . ) are stories, and they have distinct and relatable characters, and though there's the occasional organic epiphany (like the moral of a children's book), there's not much beyond the tale and the plot. Mystery novels and horror thrillers definitely fall under this category, too; there's some goal that creates the plot, and the characters have to interact a bit, and it's just plot. The deeper books, the kinds we're supposed to read for English class, are a theme more than a plot, and there's usually a lot more character. For instance, Les Miserables is historical, but there's not the decided goal like in a mystery novel; it's characters interacting in a backdrop, all creating a theme, the backdrop adding to the theme.
I can't tell which Harry Potter falls under. Some people insist that it's just raw entertainment, a story with a good plot, but I think J.K. Rowling's too smart to simply write a story that's a book with no theme. Then again . . . maybe I'm the only one who thinks it's a big allegory for something . . . or many things . . .
I was going to write something else but I lost it. It didn't have anything to do with books, but I think that was enough to write as it is.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Drove for extensive periods of time on the toll road, got in a car accident, got a part in a school musical, talked to a lot of new people . . . a lot of things . . .
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes; I did not sleep with my night light all year. This year-- already blew the eating healthy thing.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Um . . . no, though I did get one of my roleplay characters pregnant, though she hasn't even figured that out yet as it was on Christmas.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My dog, Megan.
5. What countries did you visit?
England AND Switzerland, woot woot!
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Perfect grades, lol . . .
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
A lot . . . the Harry Potter movie in June, a lot of stuff from Switzerland and England . . . I just remember a lot of stuff, okay?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
My 800 SAT Verbal score and 5 on the AP US History test
9. What was your biggest failure?
My [let's just call it "shitty"] SAT II Japanese score
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No, not really . . . I had some colds in there randomly and stuff, AND RIGHT NOW MY FOOT HURTS LIKE A MOTHER!!!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
That I bought? Probably some of my CDs that I am thankful for this year.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Huh? Um . . . everybody was cool . . . I think . . .
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
I think "Is 'Scandinavians' a religion?" girl takes the cake . . .
14. Where did most of your money go?
Presents for people all year long . . .
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Harry Potter movie ^_^
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Ohh, I love this question . . . probably "My Immortal" by Evanescence and "Numb" by Linkin Park for the earlier parts of it, that annoying Jojo song, "Scandalous," and "She Will Be Loved" for the summer, and . . . well, I don't know for the later months . . . perhaps ask me when it's a little bit later . . .
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
A little bit sadder, because I feel like I'm going to be leaving a lot sooner, which is true
ii. thinner or fatter?
I actually don't know . . . I think I'm fatter, because I feel like I'm perpetually getting fat, but I think I might actually be thinner . . . who knows . . . I have abs (sort of) now, if anything . . .
iii. richer or poorer?
Richer; I made money over the summer that I still haven't gotten rid of . . .
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Written my story over the summer . . .
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Well, I could say RPing, since that ate up most of my time over the summer, but I really don't regret it at all because it was so much fun . . .
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Um, this is old . . . flying a plane
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
This is the first evenly-numbered year (besides maybe 2002 . . . but, then again, 2003 I nearly cried over, which was the first odd-numbered year I did) I haven't cried at the end of . . .
23. How many one-night stands?
What the heck? None . . .
24. What was your favourite TV program?
I didn't watch much TV. I think I may have watched The Simpsons and That '70s Show, which were both cool, I guess . . .
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No . . .
26. What was the best book you read?
I read a lot of good books this year: Demien: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, Fail Safe, The Poisonwood Bible . . .
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Prokofiev's ballet of Romeo and Juliet which is totally awesome . . .
28. What did you want and get?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . . .
29. What did you want and not get?
I dunno . . . I'm usually pretty content . . . straight A's, perhaps?
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN ^_^ Master and Commander was good, too, and The Last Samurai COULD have been, if not for certain cultural faux pas . . . lol . . .
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had finished my book, and, dream of all dreams, gotten it published . . .
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Normal. I don't dress wildly, even though I think it would be fun, because I'm just too tired to coordinate anything-- or even put on pre-coordinated things from the night before-- in the morning.
34. What kept you sane?
I didn't keep sane.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I dunno . . . there are lots of hot ones . . . I don't get obsessive about people I can't have. I just get obsessive about characters that don't even exist, lol . . .
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war and the possibility an amendment banning same-sex marriage.
37. Who did you miss?
People from Japan and people who went off to college . . .
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Christina and Erin tie-- though in theory I had MET Christina before, just not talked to her hardly ever . . .
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Stuff I thought nobody did anymore and that the world universally frowned upon is still out there, and there's still understandable reasons behind it.
40. Quote a song or lyric that sums up your year.
This would work better if I had actually gone off to college, so it will probably be better for next year . . . I didn't really have a great big theme to this year . . .
Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson:
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
Though it’s not easy to tell you goodbye
Take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Breakaway
Break away
My pimp name is Suede Amy Shizzle. It's kind of boring. Nichole, you are Sugartastic Nichole Flow, Kristina is G. Digital Kristina Squeeze (ooh, I like that), Jessica is Fadeproof Jaeger Joker (ooh, I like that, too, lol), Tiffany is Papa T. Flex (WTF?), Jamie is Funk Master J. Slim (Lol, that is awesome!), and . . . if I do everybody I know, I'll be up here all night. Do it yourself: http://www.playerappreciate.com/pimphandle.asp.
I think I just about gave Liz a heart attack saying there were no good books written after 1950. It's just that I don't know about them, and we don't have any in our house, practically, so I don't know about them, because I never LEAVE my house. I have such trouble just wandering the library, too, because the classics and deep novels are buried amongst so many chick flicks and bodice-rippers and random entertainment without much real "literary merit" that it's hard to seek them out. They need to just divide off a "good book" section.
Not that books for entertainment aren't good, but you have to admit, there is a real difference between a book written for a thrilling plot or sweet romance than a book that makes commentary on history or human nature. Some books are summer reading, easily digested and without much layer other than the narration of a story. They're whole, they have all the ingredients, they just don't go deeper than "what happens." They're a plot, with a bit of character. For instance, a lot of teenage novels (ie: The Princess Diaries, those Angus, Thongs, and Full-Frontal Snogging books, Sweet Valley, etc . . . ) are stories, and they have distinct and relatable characters, and though there's the occasional organic epiphany (like the moral of a children's book), there's not much beyond the tale and the plot. Mystery novels and horror thrillers definitely fall under this category, too; there's some goal that creates the plot, and the characters have to interact a bit, and it's just plot. The deeper books, the kinds we're supposed to read for English class, are a theme more than a plot, and there's usually a lot more character. For instance, Les Miserables is historical, but there's not the decided goal like in a mystery novel; it's characters interacting in a backdrop, all creating a theme, the backdrop adding to the theme.
I can't tell which Harry Potter falls under. Some people insist that it's just raw entertainment, a story with a good plot, but I think J.K. Rowling's too smart to simply write a story that's a book with no theme. Then again . . . maybe I'm the only one who thinks it's a big allegory for something . . . or many things . . .
I was going to write something else but I lost it. It didn't have anything to do with books, but I think that was enough to write as it is.
1. What did you do in 2004 that you'd never done before?
Drove for extensive periods of time on the toll road, got in a car accident, got a part in a school musical, talked to a lot of new people . . . a lot of things . . .
2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
Yes; I did not sleep with my night light all year. This year-- already blew the eating healthy thing.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Um . . . no, though I did get one of my roleplay characters pregnant, though she hasn't even figured that out yet as it was on Christmas.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
My dog, Megan.
5. What countries did you visit?
England AND Switzerland, woot woot!
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
Perfect grades, lol . . .
7. What date from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
A lot . . . the Harry Potter movie in June, a lot of stuff from Switzerland and England . . . I just remember a lot of stuff, okay?
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
My 800 SAT Verbal score and 5 on the AP US History test
9. What was your biggest failure?
My [let's just call it "shitty"] SAT II Japanese score
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
No, not really . . . I had some colds in there randomly and stuff, AND RIGHT NOW MY FOOT HURTS LIKE A MOTHER!!!
11. What was the best thing you bought?
That I bought? Probably some of my CDs that I am thankful for this year.
12. Whose behaviour merited celebration?
Huh? Um . . . everybody was cool . . . I think . . .
13. Whose behaviour made you appalled and depressed?
I think "Is 'Scandinavians' a religion?" girl takes the cake . . .
14. Where did most of your money go?
Presents for people all year long . . .
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about?
The Harry Potter movie ^_^
16. What song will always remind you of 2004?
Ohh, I love this question . . . probably "My Immortal" by Evanescence and "Numb" by Linkin Park for the earlier parts of it, that annoying Jojo song, "Scandalous," and "She Will Be Loved" for the summer, and . . . well, I don't know for the later months . . . perhaps ask me when it's a little bit later . . .
17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
A little bit sadder, because I feel like I'm going to be leaving a lot sooner, which is true
ii. thinner or fatter?
I actually don't know . . . I think I'm fatter, because I feel like I'm perpetually getting fat, but I think I might actually be thinner . . . who knows . . . I have abs (sort of) now, if anything . . .
iii. richer or poorer?
Richer; I made money over the summer that I still haven't gotten rid of . . .
18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
Written my story over the summer . . .
19. What do you wish you'd done less of?
Well, I could say RPing, since that ate up most of my time over the summer, but I really don't regret it at all because it was so much fun . . .
20. How will you be spending Christmas?
Um, this is old . . . flying a plane
22. Did you fall in love in 2004?
This is the first evenly-numbered year (besides maybe 2002 . . . but, then again, 2003 I nearly cried over, which was the first odd-numbered year I did) I haven't cried at the end of . . .
23. How many one-night stands?
What the heck? None . . .
24. What was your favourite TV program?
I didn't watch much TV. I think I may have watched The Simpsons and That '70s Show, which were both cool, I guess . . .
25. Do you hate anyone now that you didn't hate this time last year?
No . . .
26. What was the best book you read?
I read a lot of good books this year: Demien: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth, Fail Safe, The Poisonwood Bible . . .
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Prokofiev's ballet of Romeo and Juliet which is totally awesome . . .
28. What did you want and get?
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban . . .
29. What did you want and not get?
I dunno . . . I'm usually pretty content . . . straight A's, perhaps?
30. What was your favourite film of this year?
HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN ^_^ Master and Commander was good, too, and The Last Samurai COULD have been, if not for certain cultural faux pas . . . lol . . .
32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
If I had finished my book, and, dream of all dreams, gotten it published . . .
33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2004?
Normal. I don't dress wildly, even though I think it would be fun, because I'm just too tired to coordinate anything-- or even put on pre-coordinated things from the night before-- in the morning.
34. What kept you sane?
I didn't keep sane.
35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
I dunno . . . there are lots of hot ones . . . I don't get obsessive about people I can't have. I just get obsessive about characters that don't even exist, lol . . .
36. What political issue stirred you the most?
The war and the possibility an amendment banning same-sex marriage.
37. Who did you miss?
People from Japan and people who went off to college . . .
38. Who was the best new person you met?
Christina and Erin tie-- though in theory I had MET Christina before, just not talked to her hardly ever . . .
39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2004.
Stuff I thought nobody did anymore and that the world universally frowned upon is still out there, and there's still understandable reasons behind it.
40. Quote a song or lyric that sums up your year.
This would work better if I had actually gone off to college, so it will probably be better for next year . . . I didn't really have a great big theme to this year . . .
Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson:
Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I'd just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I'd end up happy
I would pray
Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I'd pray
I could break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get onboard a fast train
Travel on a jetplane
Far away
And break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
I'll do what it takes till I touch the sky.
Make a wish, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget all the ones that I love.
I'll take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging with revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me
Gotta keep movin on movin on
Fly away
Break away
I'll spread my wings and I'll learn how to fly.
Though it’s not easy to tell you goodbye
Take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away.
Out of the darkness and into the sun.
But I won't forget the place I come from
I gotta take a risk, take a chance,
Make a change, and break away
Breakaway
Break away
My pimp name is Suede Amy Shizzle. It's kind of boring. Nichole, you are Sugartastic Nichole Flow, Kristina is G. Digital Kristina Squeeze (ooh, I like that), Jessica is Fadeproof Jaeger Joker (ooh, I like that, too, lol), Tiffany is Papa T. Flex (WTF?), Jamie is Funk Master J. Slim (Lol, that is awesome!), and . . . if I do everybody I know, I'll be up here all night. Do it yourself: http://www.playerappreciate.com/pimphandle.asp.
